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following joints very elongate. Thorax subquadrate, anterior 
angles not produced but slightly pointed, basal sulcus deep, lateral 
constrictions sulciform, surface impunctate. Scutellum fulvous 
or obscure piceous. Elytra rather depressed, broad at base, with 
shallow though well-marked depression below latter ; punctures 
moderately strong on basal portion, rather line towards apex. 
Body beneath black, legs fulvous. 
Var. Antennae (basal joint excepted) and legs black. Elytra 
fulvous with apical blue portion. 
Length mm. 
Ilab. Bombay; Travancore ; Nilgiris {Capt. Downing). 
Of this species specimens have lately been obtained by Capt. 
Downing on the Nilgiris at about 6000 ft. elevation ; one of these 
specimens looks at first sight like L. chalybeo-notata , Clk., as 
it has the apex of the elytra metallic blue as in that species ; 
this specimen however differs by its fulvous legs. In spite of these 
differences I have no doubt that this form and those with black 
legs all represent the same species, to be distinguished by the 
purplish iridescence of the elytra. In this respect they all differ 
from Clark’s species and may be further distinguished by the non- 
tuberculate thoracic anterior angles, its deep basal sulcus, and the 
broader and more depressed elytra. L. fulvo-brunnea , Jac. is a 
more narrow and subcylindrical species, the head has two strongly 
raised tubercles and the elytral punctures are more numerous and 
more closely placed. 
62. Lema fulvula, Lacord. Mon. Phytoph. i, 1845, p. 338 ; Weise , 
Deut. ent. Zeit. 1892, p. 387. 
Yellowish-red; breast and abdomen black; apex of tibiae and 
tarsi fuscous. 
Head clothed with fine and short pubescence, the vertex nearly 
flat, with a short and thin central groove ; eyes strongly and 
deeply emarginate. Thorax as long as broad, entirely impunctate, 
with a basal very distinct transverse sulcus and an anterior more 
obsolete transverse depression. Elytra with smooth interstices, 
slightly costate at the apex ; tibiae at the apex and the tarsi more 
or less fuscous. 
Length 4|-5 mm. 
Hab. Bengal ; Coromandel ; Ceylon ; Sumatra ; Nias Island. 
Separated from other species of this group by the pubescent 
head and the colour of the tibiae and tarsi. 
1)3. Lema lacertosa, Lacord. Mon. Phytoph. i, 1845, p. 339 ; Paly, 
Trans. Ent. Soc. (3) iv, 1865, p. 11. 
Dark rufous ; the abdomen marked with black, anterior legs 
testaceous, the others and the breast black. 
Head feebly constricted posteriorly the vertex flat witli a hue 
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